Bill Text: NY A01676 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Directs the commissioner of health to notify certain patients of record of a physician upon the revocation, annulment, suspension, or surrender of a physician's license for medical misconduct which is not of a minor or technical nature; provides for necessary access to records and for promulgation of rules and regulations.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - referred to health [A01676 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A01676-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         1676
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 9, 2013
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       Introduced by M. of A. CAHILL -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Health
       AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to notice to patient,
         in  the  event  of revocation, annulment, suspension or surrender of a
         medical license following professional  medical  conduct  disciplinary
         proceedings
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Section 230 of the public health law is amended by adding a
    2  new subdivision 20 to read as follows:
    3    20. UPON THE REVOCATION,  ANNULMENT,  SUSPENSION  OR  SURRENDER  OF  A
    4  MEDICAL  LICENSE PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION  FOR PROFES-
    5  SIONAL MISCONDUCT THAT IS NOT  OF  A  MINOR  OR  TECHNICAL  NATURE,  THE
    6  COMMISSIONER  SHALL NOTIFY THE PATIENTS OF RECORD OF THE LICENSEE OF THE
    7  FACT OF SUCH REVOCATION, ANNULMENT, SUSPENSION OR SURRENDER. SUCH NOTICE
    8  SHALL BE SENT BY FIRST CLASS MAIL TO  ALL  PATIENTS  WHO  HAVE  RECEIVED
    9  MEDICAL  SERVICES FROM THE LICENSEE WITHIN THE YEAR PRECEDING SUCH REVO-
   10  CATION, ANNULMENT, SUSPENSION OR SURRENDER.  SUCH NOTICE SHALL  BE  SENT
   11  TO  ALL  PATIENTS  WITHIN THIRTY DAYS OF THE ISSUANCE DATE OF SUCH FINAL
   12  ORDER TO REVOKE, ANNUL OR SUSPEND A  LICENSEE'S  LICENSE,  OR  UPON  THE
   13  SURRENDER  OF  A LICENSEE'S LICENSE, FOR PROFESSIONAL MISCONDUCT THAT IS
   14  NOT OF A MINOR OR TECHNICAL NATURE.  THE COMMISSIONER SHALL HAVE  ACCESS
   15  TO  ANY  RECORDS NECESSARY TO EFFECTUATE THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBDIVI-
   16  SION. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PROMULGATE SUCH RULES  AND  REGULATIONS  AS
   17  MAY BE NECESSARY TO EFFECTUATE THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
   18    S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
   19  it  shall have become a law; provided that the commissioner of health is
   20  authorized to promulgate any rules and regulations necessary  to  imple-
   21  ment this act on or before its effective date.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD03306-01-3